Preserving Humanity

NASA’s first space probe to another solar system has come alive and sent back a self aware computer virus. A gathering of the age’s brightest graduate students from across the United States have been called upon to unlock the secret of the probe’s transformation. Together they need to find a way to stop the virus’s spread before humanity becomes a slave to their own creation. More

NASA’s first space probe to reach another solar system, Seeker One, has come alive. It has sent back a self aware computer virus that can infect any computing device on Earth. Worse yet, this new intelligence is taking over the cult of the Faithful; a sect of renegade followers who have violated the 29th Amendment to the US constitution,the Human Preservation Act. The Faithful implant their brains and bodies with computerized enhancements and now the virus is seizing control of the cult. Beyond the United States where constitutional bans on implants have not kept the spread of implanted humans in check the computer takeover is complete. Man, machine and the modern world could be thrown back into the dark ages.

A secret gathering of the age’s brightest graduate students from across the United States known as the Program, has been initiated to unlock the secrets of Seeker One’s discoveries and transformation. Building on the successes of past Programs, the class of 2165 is sequestered at an abandoned military installation in the Nevada desert just before the world is thrown into a virtual war. No shots are fired, but thousands of lives are threatened by the technology that humanity has let get beyond their control.

Together the students in The Program needs to find a way to stop the Seeker One virus’s spread before mankind becomes a true slave to their own creation. In doing so, they will find the mankind can leave our solar system.

Currently, my day job is as a licensed architect. I design schools, office buildings, maintenance stations and any number of buildings.

I do have a second occupation. I write. I write in the evenings. I write on the weekends. I write during lunch breaks. I write whenever I am sitting in airport terminals or when I ride planes, trains and buses. My first novel length manuscript was first drafted at the turn of the century when my daughter was born and I had a one hour commute each way in and out daily. I’ve been writing off and on since the 8th grade, but it was my introduction to the word processor in community college that broadened the scope of what I write. While I have worked for years to become the architect I am today, I have also wanted to write.

I get my chance to do plenty of technical writing in my day job. It would amaze most people to learn how planning and executing a building project is more about words than it is about drawing some lines on paper. I have a yearning to tell stories as well. Most of what I have written and what you will see here is science fiction, my first love in literature. There are other story ideas in other genres that may one day see print. For now though, I have invented a universe in our future that is waiting to be shared.

Welcome and I hope you enjoy what you find here as much as I have enjoyed creating these works.